Baylee shrugged her shoulders at her mom. Baylee understood Estevan's reluctance to join them at the table, but how could she get her mom to understand that they didn't even know if they were more than friends and that mom's constant questions and hints were driving them nuts. Estevan eventually joined them at the table, and Baylee decided his legs must have been getting tired, because he didn't say a word the whole meal. After Estevan excused himself for the remainder of the evening, Baylee decided that she'd better have a serious heart to heart with her mom. Once again she promised her mom that she would let her know if there was any change in their relationship. In return she, no they, needed a promise in exchange from Kaylynn. They needed Kaylynn to give them some time and space to work things out for themselves ... Alone! Kaylynn, stared at her daughter for a few moments, before letting out a deep sigh, and admitting that maybe she was not giving them the space they needed. She agreed to try to back off and let them get their life together which ever way it was going, but it was hard, and she missed seeing Baylee every day. After her mom left Baylee sold her latest painting. The following morning they moved the camp beds to the second room as guest beds, as the movers set up the nicer double bed Baylee had ordered. As they sat and read the newly acquired skill books, Estevan asked Baylee if she thought her mom would respect the request for space. After all this was the second time Baylee had asked her mom to back off. Baylee admitted that she wasn't sure. She hoped so, her mom had seemed intent on trying to honor the request. Estevan admitted that as an orphan, bouncing from one care facility having an adult care enough to constantly be in their business was not something he was used to. The following days went by quietly for the two young people as they focused on their individual goals. As well as growing their friendship stronger and deeper. Baylee paid the bills and then remebered that she still needed to send in the money for the utility restoration. By the end of the third day without unexpected visits or phone calls from Baylee's mom Estevan relaxed enough to confess his true feelings for Baylee. That night they took their relationship to a new level. Baylee had just started on a new painting when Estevan suddenly blurted out that there was geek festival going on and that they needed to go. Baylee wasn't sure about the festival at first, but as the afternoon wore on she got into it and found herself loving all of the cos players that showed up. Then she heard someone make refrence to a special club. When she asked Estevan about it he blushed a little before admitting it was a real club. Deciding to take life by the horns they snuck a couple of suits and into one of the rockets. Baylee knew her feet on earth, but she was pretty sure that she and Estevan were both still floating high from their adventure. When Baylee spotted a Leia cos player, she knew she needed to introduce herself. After a brief chat Baylee asked what she really wanted to know, and happily recieved a yes. Baylee was just about to show her picture to Estevan, when a text came through from her calendar app "Don't Forget Mom's B-day Party!" Yipes she blurted and grabbed Estevan. Kaylynn's birthday party was a good one. Baylee was surprised to see that her mom had hired a caterer. Being back home and seeing her mom transition from adult to elder, brought home for both Baylee and Estevan just how fleeting life can be. As promised Baylee managed to get a quite word in with her mom. Kaylynn just nodded and said she thought she recognized the glow of young love. Baylee blushed. Towards the end of the evening Estevan whispered to Baylee, that he thought he understood her mom a little better. Then before Baylee could suggest that it might be a bad idea he pulled her in for a gentle kiss. Once they got home he made no bones about where his thoughts were. Before they fell asleep they agreed that they were dating. They started their day off with the normal routine, pausing long enough to text Kaylynn a couples picture. Then the stove caught fire and Baylee had the scare of her life, which left her feeling very mortal. As well as grateful that Estevan had had the presence of mind to grab the fire estinguisher. After their meal, and she had cleaned up Baylee decided that the only course of action left was to profess her undying love and ask Estevan to marry her. He said yes. The following day was feast day to celebrate the fall harvest. They invited Kaylynn over, but the meal didn't go as planned, for the stove caught fire again. Baylee was trying to decide what they should do for their grandfeast when Estevan shot her a picture of a venue with the note "It's available this afternoon." While she wasn't sure she had wanted a venue this soon, no time seemed better than that day. Especially when she saw that it was booked out 4 years in advance. With a twinkle in her eye Baylee grabbed her mom by the hand and said "come on lets go grab your formal wear". Baylee was thrilled that everyone on their guest list was able to attend their last minute celebration. A few last minute nerves were settled, vows were exchanged, and everyone oo'd an ahh'd when the fireworks went off. Like most good parties, almost everyone ended up in the kitchen. Baylee and Estevan, who is now Mr Stewart, made sure to thank everyone for coming to their wedding. Baylee may have snuck in a brief nap, and the newly weds might have snuck off to the observatory to jump start their married life. Estevan wasn't sure how he felt when Baylee painted him working and then sold the painting to a museum. He grumbled less when Baylee pointed out how much her paintings were selling for. He admitted that having the money for renovations was more important, and it had been his backside, and had really gotten that much. While he value of the anger painting was higher than anything she'd painted to date Baylee decided to keep it. Although she'd kept her most valuble painting to date, Baylee was thrilled to realize that they had enough money to renovate the exterior. Not that she hadn't liked the cabin exterior, but they didn't want the hoa fining them or chasing them out of the neighborhood. With the additional windows, and some of the wiring fixed EsteBaylee noticed that the extra lighting made the place seem less grungy, and decided that it hadn't really been grungy just underlit. After her sixth trip to pee, Baylee decided that it was time to let Estevan in on her suspision and invite her mom over to break the big news. Kaylynn was thrilled by the news and asked Baylee if she was sure there was only one simlet in her belly.
Baylee smiled, and admitted she didn't know. She'd told her doctor that she wanted everything to be a surprise, so long as she and the little one were healthy she wasn't going to worry.
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Due to the thunderstorm with lots of lightening neither Baylee or Estevan had noticed that there was no power when they had arrived the night before. That morning over breakfast they noticed, as the milk had gone bad overnight so they couldn't have the bowl of cereal they'd wanted. Instead they settled for peanut butter sandwiches. (Lot has been given two negative traits to start: cursed, grungy. In addition to off the grid.) While Baylee was scouting the surrounding area for any harvest-able or collectable items a committee from the Windenberg home owners association showed up. They made it clear that how welcome the two young adults would be would depend on whether they intended to leave the eye sore as is or bring it in line with the historical aesthetics of the rest of the homes in the area. Baylee suddenly understood why they'd gotten the property so cheap. The one positive of the visit was that she learned that they would need a few thousand in their account to get the utilities to the lot restored. As they were leaving one of the committee members spotted the lemons Baylee had harvested and asked about them. Baylee kept four lemons, and sold the rest to the lady. The following day Baylee and Estevan caught the commuter bus into the main town center. It was nice to have free public transportation. They checked out the local library, where Estevan practiced his coding skills some more, while Baylee checked out the libraries e-readers. (Mutter, grumble, the Windenburg library doesn't have any skill books.) Baylee learned that as long as she provided the canvas and paint supplies she was free to use any easel around town she wanted. Someone had left an interesting painting behind on one. She also learned that the city council had set up the easels to cut down on artists, and would be artists, from getting into fights over who could paint where. They were thrilled to learn that as residents they had free access to the gym and all of it's amenities. They grabbed a bite to eat while their clothes were being cleaned. Before heading home Baylee insisted on checking out one of the fishing spots. As a novice to fishing Estevan had no luck. Baylee with her minimal skill level managed to catch a fish that fetched her a nice penny from the nearby cafe. The following day they traveled to Willow Creek's museum. Baylee had hoped to use the easel there but the resident painter was working on a small painting. Estevan got in trouble with one of the guests for rummaging through the trash. He pointed out that he had cleaned up after himself, and also made it clear he wouldn't mess with the museum's waste bins again. Baylee was surprised when her mom, Kaylynn, called and suggested that they should head out to the abandoned ruins. Despite a raging thunderstorm, a dance party was about to get under way. Despite the rain, which eventually stopped, they had a great time dancing until the wee hours of the morning. Despite being exhausted, and maybe a touch sick from to much of the fermented beverages being served the night before, they headed into town. Estevan wanted to check out the chess scene at the park and Baylee had the supplies she needed for a small landscape painting. Part way through the day, they went to the gym to eat, nap, and clean up. Baylee's landscape was purchased by a collector for $346, which in addition to what they had already scraped together from the fruit and fish provided Baylee with enough money for a used easel of her own at the house. She paused to look at the easel and contemplate her next painting while she fixed them a fruit salad breakfast. After breakfast she went out back and harvested lemons and cherries. Once again she kept some of the fruit while selling the rest. She wondered how long they would continue to have fresh fruit available. For a split second she considered planting her own garden, before deciding that she preferred to buy their produce than spend time gardening. Gardening was her mom's thing, while hers was art. Estevan kept her company, and discussed some of his software ideas with her while she painted. Estevan decided to take advantage of the rain and shower in the front yard. Baylee was pleased with how well her paintings were selling, and used the proceeds to get themselves some furniture. It wasn't that she didn't want to save up and get the utilities restored. It was rather she felt that they should have a small amount of comfort in the meantime, and not live like squatters in their own home. Kaylynn dropped by for a surprise visit. Which went well, except for the bit where she tried to find out how far Baylee and Estevan had gone and where the relationship was at. Baylee made it very clear that she would keep her mom in the loop if and when she and Estevan ever decided that they were more than really good friends. After Kaylynn left, Estevan suggested that Baylee should give showering in the rain a shot. He even promised to not peak. Despite slipping and falling in a mud puddle, Baylee had to admit that showering in the rain was somewhat refreshing and thanked Estevan for the suggestion. Feeling refreshed and inspired Baylee decided to do a few more paintings for the day. She was pleased that her skill, that she'd been working on since her school days, was being acknowledged by collectors. She had earned just a smidge oveer a thousand and told Estevan that she wanted to do just one more painting for the day. (When she reached level 7 painting skill, I gave her a reward trait related to her skill.) When a museum director offered her over three thousand for her painting, Baylee's first thought was that someone was having a go at her for prank day. After a bit of research she realized that the offer was legitimate, and that her painting was about to be hung in a prestigous museum. Reigning in her excitment she sent the painting off, and contacted the utilities contractor. When the work crew came by to hook up their utilities one of the workers commented that even though there weren't many windows the property had great natural lighting. (Lot trait off the grid swapped for natural light.) With power now running to the lot, they went on a mini shopping spree. Baylee noticed that she'd forgottten to get skill books and would have to remidy that.
(I need to get them a charisma book, so they can donate to charity.) Especially if the plumbing was going to keep breaking down. Over the winter holiday season I added a few more packs, including toddler stuff to my game, plus found a few new cute lots. So Baylee, an aspiring artist, is getting her own turn at renovating a house. The cabin Baylee and Estevan will be renovating is "The Payette" by simmer CGrindele, and has been placed on a 40x30 lot in Windenburg countryside titled summer home. Baylee celebrated her transition from teen to young adult, without witnesses, after her mom, Kaylynn, made a cake for her. Afterwards Baylee, her mom, and several friends went out to the festival of hi-jinks. Exhausted after watching the fireworks everyone went home. The next day Baylee called her old school chum Estevan (randomly generated npc that Baylee has known since childhood) and invited him over. Without checking with her mom first Baylee invited Estevan to move in, which he agreed to without hesitation. A joking "maybe you should find your own place" as Baylee's mom interrupted their first kiss got Baylee thinking. As she worked on a painting, she contemplated how much her mom had changed their home from nothing but an outlined floor plan to a home. All while being a stay at home and work from home self employed sim. She did a real estate check. which was followed by the hard part convincing Estevan that they could make it work in Windenburg. It wasn't easy, but Baylee managed to convince Estevan that this would be good for them as young adults. Especially as neither of them would be attending university. "You already know how to code, you don't need a fancy piece of embossed paper to create great software that people need and want." Baylee pointed out. With Estevan finally convinced Baylee contacted Dragon Reality. The one thing they hadn't factored for was moving in the middle of the night during a storm. They were grateful for the two camp cots, because even though they are very good friends, they aren't sure yet if they are ready for that change in their relationship. Baylee hung the confident emotional painting that she had finished before the move on the wall, and Estevan sold his old primary school homework online for 1 simolean. Their adventure in Windenburg as self employed sims begins.
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CategoriesRules With Notes
All rules in bold are Simmer SamelaRita's original rules, anything in red italic are my notes for adjustments for the s4 mechanics. What’s a renovacy? It’s a renovation-legacy. The aim is to renovate the dilapidated living quarters your sims have found themselves in. Before the youngest child becomes an adult. The rules are simple. The renovating rules. For people who like scoring things, you can score the rooms: add up the points on the furniture for environment, energy, comfort, fun and stress relief. Hunger, bladder and hygiene don’t count. A total of 10 gives you a level 1 room, 20 a level 2 and so on. Garden area: if there are plants here that you want to get rid of, you can sell them, but you can only spend the money on fences or walls or other plants. The goal for the garden is to have it fenced and gated (to keep the children safe). You can score a garden like the rooms though, by adding things to it. Building rules. Creating a family rules. |